NEW MEXICO: Abandon All Hbpe

For the first time in its 47 years,
sunbaked little Hope, N.Mex. (pop. 300) had a slate of candidates with
a platform: "Prove to the world that women are better equipped from
every standard to bring order out of chaos . . . women are about to
fulfill their allotted destiny." Bonney Altman, proprietor of Altman's
Store and Cafe on Main Street, and owner of the local telephone
exchange, took a dim view of such talk: his wife was running for mayor,
his sister-in-law and one of his employees were running for the town
board. "They say they're running...